The largest bird in the family is the kookaburras.They are welcoming and lovable backyard visitors despite being noisy and territorial.Kookaburras love native vegetation and in particular gum trees.Birdbaths and nest boxes can encourage Kookaburras to visit.Pets are not allowed in your garden to protect the Kookaburras.Soon you'll hear their signature cackle.
Step 1: A variety of native plants can be planted.
Kookaburras like native vegetation as it provides shelter and food.kookaburras and other native species like wrens and magpies can be found in the vicinity of Blueberry Ash, Bottlebrush, Golden Wattle, and Paperbark.Kookaburras help to break down dead leaves in native vegetation.
Step 2: You can keep mature gum trees in your garden.
Kookaburras love to nest in tree hollows.Don't remove mature gum trees from your backyard and talk to your neighbors to encourage them to do the same.If you have space, plant a few young gum trees to give future kookaburras a place to nest.
Step 3: The trees should be preserved with thick and heavy branches.
Don't remove the large and heavy branches from the trees.There are roosting and perching sites for kookaburras with stout tree branches.The branches can be used as guard posts during the day.
Step 4: A kookaburra nest box can be found on a high branch.
Purchase a kookaburra nest box from your local garden center.Place the nest box on a branch that is stable and protected.The Kookaburra nest boxes have a small entrance.Birds have their own materials.
Step 5: Water for the kookaburras can be found in a birdbath in the garden.
Purchase a birdbath from your garden center or make your own using a shallow platter.If it looks dirty, clean it out with a scrubbing brush every so often.The kookaburras drink and bathe in the water.The water needs to be shallow enough for the kookaburras to stand in.Birdbaths encourage other insectivores like fairy-wrens and grey fantails to visit your garden.
Step 6: There should be piles of leaf litter and garden mulch.
Kookaburra preys on insects and small lizards which are found in leaf litter and garden mulch.You may see kookaburras fishing if you don't disturb the piles.kookaburras help the decaying matter break down faster when they go through the leaf litter and mulch.
Step 7: Don't use pesticides in the garden.
The kookaburras' food source is disrupted by these garden chemicals.If you let your garden grow naturally, insects, worms, and small reptiles will thrive.Kookaburras can get sick from eating contaminated food.
Step 8: Cats and dogs should be kept inside at night.
Cats and dogs prey on kookaburras, and birds that don't feel safe in your garden will not hang around.Attach a bell to your cat's collar if necessary and lock your pets inside at night.
Step 9: If you leave food outside, don't eat it.
Animals like foxes and cats can be attracted to unappetizing food.Kookaburras don't like places where they feel unsafe.At night, take any un eaten food and clean it up.